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Jeremiah 42-43
The camels are packed. šŖšŖšŖ Everyone is ready to go. Oh- maybe we should pray before we leaveā¦ The little band of misfitsā¦ š¤ And princesses! Canāt forget them! Yes. And the princesses. šøš¼ They tell Jeremiah to pray and ask God where to go. They certainly donāt think they canāt stay in Judah because-…
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Jeremiah 40-41
We continue the sagaā¦ Jerusalem has fallenā¦ We last left our friend Jeremiah in Judah in the home of Governor Gedaliah. King Nebuchadnezzar himself gave instructions to Captain Nabuzaradan to find Jeremiah, keep him safe, and give him whatever he needed. The Captain found Jeremiah chained up among the others who had been captured and…
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Habbakuk
His name sounds kinda like: Have-a-book šor Have-a-Coke. š„¤ But the Hebrew is most accurately pronounced like: Cob-a-kook. š Cob-a-kook? Are you serious? That sounds like a roasted corn stand š½ at a circus šŖ . Ok. Thatās enough. Letās try to be more scholarly. š¤ Yeah, knucklehead. Scholars act professional. They donāt laugh at…
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Psalms 74 & 79
(April 11) Both of these psalms are attributed to āAsaph.ā But this is definitely not the Levite Asaph who was one of the chief musicians and singers appointed by King David to worship before the Ark at the Tabernacle of David and who was at the dedication of the Temple of Solomon. The name Asaph…
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Jeremiah 52, 2 Chron. 36
These 2 chapters – the ends of their respective books – cover mostly the same material. We find that the total number of captives taken to Babylon over the various waves of deportations was 4,600. Thatās not actually very many considering the entire population of Judah which is estimated to have been around 100,000 during…
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2 Kings 24-25
Chapter 24 is a recap of all the history weāve been reading in Jeremiah. I feel like chapter 25 should come with a spoiler warning. Jeremiah is about to live the events and record them in much greater detail. Perhaps consider 2 Kings 25 a āmovie trailerā for the next several chapters we will read…
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Jeremiah 39 & Psalm 137
(I told you I was mixing things up from the reading schedule. Before we get to the events of chapter 40 and following – which are āpost-capture-of-Jerusalemā – weāre going to hit all the texts that describe the end.) THE CITY FALLSā¦ Itās been roughly 350 years since David established Jerusalem as his capital. The…
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Jeremiah 37-38
Jeremiah In Prison Chapters 37-38 happen about 8 years after the scroll-burning incident with Jehoiakim. š Who is now very dead and UNburied.š Right. Zedekiah, (the 4th of Josiahās sons to sit on the throne), has been appointed king by Nebuchadnezzar – which is an indication that Judahās standing as a nation is already in…
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Jeremiah 35-36
The Rechabites & Book Burning This weekās posts are going to be QUITE different than the reading guide. Iām trying to group chapters and content by who was king and keeping the narrative flow as smooth as possible. You may handle that however you see fit. THE RECHABITES – Jeremiah 35 During the reign of…
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Jeremiah 34
Remember how Abraham cut the animals for the covenant Yahweh made with him? āHe said to him, āBring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.ā And he brought him all these, cut them in half, and laid each half…
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Jeremiah 32-33
The Deed in the Jar Chapters 32 and 33 were written while Jeremiah was in prison. (So Iām going to cover them together and I recommend reading them together.) Heās been locked up for speaking the Truth. š Hm. Not much has changed in the world. This is the 10th year of the reign of…
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Jeremiah 31
The New Covenant Chapter 31 starts with āAt that timeā¦ā To find out what time we have to go back to Chapter 30. Remember that 30-31 is a single prophecy. āBehold the storm of the Lord! Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked. The fierce anger…
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